Popular Unity (Brazil)
Popular Unity (Portuguese: Unidade Popular, UP), also known as Popular Unity for Socialism (Portuguese: Unidade Popular pelo Socialismo, UPS), is a Brazilian political party founded on 16 June 2016, which had its right to launch candidacies recognized by the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) on 10 December 2019. As a socialist party, it is connected to homeless workers' movements and defends the nationalization of the banking system, social control of all monopolies, capitalist consortia, and the means of production at-large, as well as rural land reform and collectivization.
Popular Unity Unidade Popular | |
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| President | Leonardo Péricles |
| Vice President | Samara Martins |
| Founded | 16 June 2016 |
| Registered | 10 December 2019 |
| Headquarters | SQN 316, Bloco K, 330, Brasília |
| Newspaper | A Verdade (The Truth) |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-left |
| Colors | Black and white |
| TSE Identification Number | 80 |
| Website | |
| unidadepopular | |
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In the 2018 Brazilian general election, Popular Unity supported the Socialism and Liberty Party presidential bid of Guilherme Boulos and Sônia Guajajara. Its first National Congress was held in Belo Horizonte from 23 to 24 March 2019. Its slogan is "party of the poor, with the poor, and for the poor". On 10 December 2019, the TSE approved the party's registration and assigned the number 80 for pollings.